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Fish for a cause – join Trout Unlimited and the Wood River Land Trust for the 2nd annual Big Wood Single Fly
Like many western trout rivers, the Big Wood River in central Idaho has been impacted by past land-use practices, habitat loss, and reduced stream flows.
As part of the Home Rivers... [ READ MORE... ]

This native redband trout was photographed in a headwater stream that is protected under the Clean Water Act thanks to a new EPA/Army Corps of Engineers clean water rule. Some in Congress seek to scrap that rule and once again put waters—and fish—like this one in jeopardy. Several riders in... [ READ MORE... ]

Featured presentations and discussion:
Mitchell Long, Kittitas Conservation Trust. Click on the link below for more information and updates on this important headwaters project to improve and restore critcal habitat for wild fish.
Russ Ricketts, River Snorkeling. Russ is part of a growing group of... [ READ MORE... ]

It’s Montana. You know you want to fish there this summer. I want to fish there this summer. We all want to fish there this summer. The only real questions have to do with the details: How? When? Where? The good news is that neither of us has to know the answers to any of those questions because... [ READ MORE... ]

With some help from former ADF&G biologist and Academy instructor, Dan Dunaway, David lands a nice rainbow. Of course, the camera man was on the other side of the river when he caught the big one.
By Nelli Williams
I had my head down puzzling over the schedule for the upcoming days (we ... [ READ MORE... ]

By Dean Finnerty
I met Frank Moore fifteen years ago. I had a booth at the Roseburg, Oregon Sportsmen Show to promote my guide business. At the time, my two older sons were 8 and 6 years old and they were learning to fly fish and tie their own flies. In front of our booth was an indoor fly... [ READ MORE... ]

Bristol Bay River & Guide Academy students setting goals for the week. Photo by Rich Johnson
By: Jenny Lynes
“I would love to have somebody from this Academy on my guide staff.”
Pete Raynor, manager of Kulik Lodge laid out a challenge to the incoming class of the Bristol Bay River & Guide... [ READ MORE... ]

Kulik Lodge from the air. Katmai National Park, Alaska. Photo by Rich Johnson
By: Jenny Lynes
[Day 1] As the instructors finish up lesson plans, students are en route to the Academy. Before we get started, here's an overview of a few Academy stats and figures.
1 Lodge. We're lucky enough to be at... [ READ MORE... ]

Think about the first time you experienced fly fishing, on foot or a drift boat - did you know the rules, the etiquette, and what to do when interacting with other user groups on the water? If you're like me, you learned from a guide, then practiced what you were taught. If not, then you may have... [ READ MORE... ]

By Brian Zupancic
When it comes to doing what sportsmen and women love to do most, it doesn’t get much better than public lands. Public lands are wild, open spaces where we can cast to trout and salmon in cold flowing streams, chase big game and upland birds on lands that belong to all of us. For... [ READ MORE... ]